Originally Marleborough, then Marlbrough, the Indian Wars interfered with settlement. Wentworth re-granted the town to exactly the same group of people in 1761, and again to a slightly different group in 1764 as New Marlborough. The "New" was never popular with the residents, and was later officially changed. Rumor that the town was named for George Spencer, Earl of Marleborough cannot be historically true due to the dates involved. It was more likely named for Marlboro, Massachusetts (several of the grantees were from that colony).

This is a basic geographic reference, intended to show relative location of adjacent towns. Directional accuracy is limited to 16 compass points. There isn't even the slightest suggestion that one can necessarily travel directly from one town to the next (as in "You can't get there from here").